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Vaccinated!

I didn’t even feel the needle as she stuck it in my arm.   That’s how wired I was.   Finally, light at the end of the tunnel.  Another shot in 21 days, and two weeks after that I should have immunity to Covid 19.

Sue and I took the plunge yesterday in San Bernardino, although for us it wasn’t a plunge at all.  I was in one of the high priority groups because of my age (I turned 70 a few days ago; Sue just squeaked in).  We waited in a well-organized line for about 2 hours, which seems like a long time as I sit here typing this, but it went by very quickly.  I brought along a book (Mindhunter; it’s excellent), and before I knew it the pleasant young lady who gave me the shot was putting a bandaid on my arm.

Some folks have told me they won’t get the vaccine because they know a guy who knows a guy who said (fill in the blanks with the tinfoil-hatspeak of your choice).  I don’t know how to respond to such remarks, but my body language probably shows through the K95 mask that covers most of my face these days.  Folks, this is not the time to let ill-conceived and whacko conspiracy theories interfere with reality.  Save that stuff for the Kennedy assassination, election fraud, and the other things that muddle and mislead simple minds. I personally know (or I guess I should say knew) several folks who died from this disease, some of whom I’ve written about in this blog.  Check your tinfoil hat at the door, get the shot, and thank your lucky stars we are living in a time when a vaccine can become available within a year of a worldwide pandemic hitting our planet. And think about the rest of the people in the world.  Do you want to be someone who gets the disease and infects others?

Me?  I’m looking forward to many more years of living large, exploring the world, poking around down in Baja, riding my motorcycle, and spending time on the range.  I want you to be able to do the same.

Joe Berk

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